Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In July its highs average 19.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 2.9 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 11 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 11 cities is 20.8°C; Bulawayo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.6 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bulawayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 134 | 14.9 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 111 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 9.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| July, selected | 20.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 148 | 17.0 | 13.313 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Gweru in JulyZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Francistown in JulyBotswana · 159 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kwekwe in JulyZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Masvingo in JulyZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Kadoma in JulyZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Norton in JulyZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 9.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JulySouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in JulyZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bulawayo) is explained once on the Bulawayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.